kiddos

• cute micah-ism: she says "sneak" instead of "peek", so when she's holding one of her babies all swaddled in a blanket, she comes up to me and says, "sneak inside, it's a beautiful newborn baby!"
• every time i ask micah where something is today, she says "i ate it!" and giggles hysterically.
• rowan says da-da, bah-bah, and oh-oh-oh, and an assortment of other sounds and noises... except mama.
  
• when micah and i sing, rowan dances by wiggling his bum and waving his arms.
• rowan will not let me read to micah. when i sit down with her to read, he starts to cry, rips the book out of my hands, and wants to nurse. i don't know why.
• micah made up a song about caterpillars yesterday. here is an excerpt: "i'm proud of caterpillars, they know how to climb. they go here and there, they go up, they go down."
• rowan's new nickname is "linebacker." he frequently gets a running start, stretches out his arms, and tackles us full on, usually while we are sitting on the floor, and usually resulting in a headbutt to the nose, chin or sternum.
• rowan is magnetically attracted to anything plugged into the wall. lamps, the power cord for my laptop, our cell phone chargers, the nightlight in our bedroom, anything. i am amazed that he has not shocked himself yet.
  

it's a gorgeous day outside; we're going to stroll down to the park soon. micah's nose is running less today, and her cough is much better. rowan's nose seems to be needing fewer wipes, too. we're going to take an empty coffee container and two plastic shovels to play with. at the park, rowan loves the swing and the woodchips, and micah likes to climb the rope pyramid and the rock wall.